Sample answers by Simon Corcoran

(160 words, band 9) 
 
 
 
 
 

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Olympic medals (bar chart) 
The chart below shows the total number of Olympic medals won by twelve different 
countries.
The bar chart compares twelve countries in terms of the overall number of medals that 
they have won at the Olympic Games. 
It is clear that the USA is by far the most successful Olympic medal winning nation. It is 
also noticeable that the figures for gold, silver and bronze medals won by any particular 
country tend to be fairly similar. 
The USA has won a total of around 2,300 Olympic medals, including approximately 900 
gold medals, 750 silver and 650 bronze. In second place on the all-time medals chart is 
the Soviet Union, with just over 1,000 medals. Again, the number of gold medals won by 
this country is slightly higher than the number of silver or bronze medals. 
Only four other countries - the UK, France, Germany and Italy - have won more than 500 
Olympic medals, all with similar proportions of each medal colour. Apart from the USA 
and the Soviet Union, China is the only other country with a noticeably higher 
proportion of gold medals (about 200) compared to silver and bronze (about 100 each). 
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Mobile phone owners (table) 
The table shows the percentage of people with mobile phones who use various features on